Evanston beach. Playa de Evanston

Si! Hoy hemos estado en la playa del lago Michigan, la misma que estaba cubierta de nieve hace un par de meses :) Como conte en el post anterior, por fin ha llegado el calorcito y puesto que hoy era imposible ir a Chicago por la cumbre de la OTAN, que mejor plan que ir un ratito a la playa, a tan solo 5 minutos de nuestra casa. Aunque esta tan sumamente cerca y habiamos ido por alli a pasear, nunca habiamos ido alli con la intencion de pasar el dia y darnos un baño. La playa "oficial" aun no estaba abierta y digo oficial porque hay que pagar para entrar, asi que hemos disfrutado de un gran dia de sol y como debe ser, gratis.

Habia gente paseando, niños con cometas y viento, mucho viento, se puede decir que hemos tragado kilos de arena, espero que sea bueno para la piel, jeje!

Yeah! We've been at the Evanston beach :) or lake Michigan, the same place that was covered with snow a couple of months ago :) As I wrote on the previous post, summer has arrived and since it was impossible to go to Chicago today (NATO summit), the best plan of the day was going to the beach. It is very close from our apartment, only 5 minutes walking and even though we had been walking around the place, we had never gone there with the clear intention of staying under the sun and go for a swim. The beach wasn't officially open, there are still some more days to go and of course, pay (I don't understand this...). So today we could enjoy the sunny day for free :)

We were not the only ones at the beach, there were kids with kites, families and wind, a lot of wind!! I can say we swallowed tons of sand, I just hope it is good for our skin, hehe!

La verdad es que el agua estaba muy fria. Normalmente, el lago necesita varias semanas para calentarse  una vez que la temperatura es alta con continuidad, pero ya que estabamos alli, no he sido capaz de resistirme y junto con otras dos o tres personas que habia por alli, me he sumergido valientemente en las gelidas aguas del lago Michigan. Como se suele decir, una vez dentro no se esta tan mal :)
Por otra parte, Thomasito lo ha intentado, pero no ha sido capaz, jeje! Le dare otra oportunidad cuando haga mas calorcito aun :)
The truth is that the water was pretty cold. The lake needs several weeks to warm up once the weather gets warm, but since we were there, it was warm and sun was strong, I couldn't resist it and I just went in. I was one of the few brave people who went in the water today :). Once inside it wasn't that bad!
Thomasito tried also, but he decided not to feel the cold water. I'll give him another chance when it is even warmer :)

Too cold for him, hehe!!

Demasiado fria para el, jeje!!

Me encanta tener la playa tan cerca, aunque no sea el mar o un oceano, de todas formas el lago tiene una superficie mayor que toda la provincia de Ciudad Real :), asi que creo que se le puede considerar playa!
I really like having the beach so close, even though it is not the sea or the ocean. Anyway, the lake's surface is bigger than the entired Ciudad Real province (my home region) :) so I think it can be considered as a beach.
Una vez mas, un maravilloso dia de sol que ha terminado cocinando cosas muy ricas y tomando fuerza para empezar una semana lo mas productiva posible. Eso si, quemada como un cangrejo...no os perdais la foto!!
Once again, a wonderful day was had. We finished the day cooking nice things and resting to start a highly productive week burned as a lobster :) don't miss the picture, hehe!!